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HOW CAN WE SHIFT PERSPECTIVES AS A PLATFORM, AS ARTISTS, AS AUDIENCE?
HOW CAN WE SHIFT PERSPECTIVES AS A PLATFORM, AS ARTISTS, AS AUDIENCE?
HOW CAN WE SHIFT PERSPECTIVES AS A PLATFORM, AS ARTISTS, AS AUDIENCE?
HOW CAN WE SHIFT PERSPECTIVES AS A PLATFORM, AS ARTISTS, AS AUDIENCE?
HOW CAN WE SHIFT PERSPECTIVES AS A PLATFORM, AS ARTISTS, AS AUDIENCE?
© Ramzi Bjaoui
© Ramzi Bjaoui
October 18, 2013

Spotlight On: Arabic-language Theater

This year the festival presents three Arabic-language performances with English surtitles; Monstranum’S, a mad burlesque about how those in power hold on to their positions, by the renowned Tunisian theater director Ezzeddine Gannoun (El Hamra Theatre); the internationally acclaimed solo performance D-Sisyphe by young Tunisian theater artist Meher Debbich Awachri, about doubt, rebellion, and losing faith; and a double bill with exceptional theater from Palestine: The School & Koum Yaba.

Monstranum’S

Mad burlesque about disillusionment and the way in which power corrupts The piece Monstranum’S is an indictment of those who hold the reins of power. […]

D-Sisyphe

Solo theater performance about doubt, rebellion, and losing faith Writer, actor, and dancer Meher Debbich Awachri created the internationally successful piece D-Sisyphe in 2012. Inspired […]

The School (The Room)

Youth theater performance from Gaza The School is one of a series of plays by Theatre Day Productions about the loss of precious things in […]

Koum Yaba

Poetic black comedy, recounting the story of the Palestinian people The solo performance Koum Yaba is rooted in the Arab storytelling tradition called Al-Halqa. The […]
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